Alexander E. Urban

22.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander E. Urban is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander E. Urban has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Genetics and 36 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander E. Urban's work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (22 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Alexander E. Urban is often cited by papers focused on Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (22 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (18 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Alexander E. Urban collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Alexander E. Urban's co-authors include M Snyder, Mark Gerstein, Alexej Abyzov, Sherman M. Weissman, Steve S. Ho, Ryan E. Mills, Xiaowei Zhu, Joel Rozowsky, Jan O. Korbel and Fabian Grubert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alexander E. Urban

91 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

CNVnator: An approach to discover, genotype, and characterize typical and atypical CNVs from family and population genome sequencing

2011 1.1k citations Alexej Abyzov, Alexander E. Urban et al. Genome Research profile →
Global Identification of Human Transcribed Sequences with Genome Tiling Arrays

2004 803 citations Joel Rozowsky, Alexander E. Urban et al. Science profile →
Structural variation in the sequencing era

2019 335 citations Steve S. Ho, Alexander E. Urban et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cell-type specific global reprogramming of the transcriptome and epigenome in induced neurons with the 16p11.2 neuropsychiatric CNVs 2025 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Thomas Ward, Pingping Qu, Louis C. Leung, Bo Zhou, (unknown), Arineh Khechaduri, (unknown), Carol Charlton, Reenal Pattni, Steve S. Ho, Marcus Ho, Yi‐Ling Huang, (unknown), Joachim Hallmayer, Philippe Mourrain, Theo D. Palmer, Xianglong Zhang, Alexander E. Urban	0
2	Mutations in human DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 induce specific genome-wide epigenomic and transcriptomic changes in neurodevelopment 2023 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·(unknown), Pingping Qu, Shining Ma, Ling Lin, (unknown), Niklas Dahl, Giuseppe Plazzi, Fabio Pizza, Ruth O’Hara, Wing Hung Wong, Joachim Hallmayer, Emmanuel Mignot, Xianglong Zhang, Alexander E. Urban	5
3	Hyperexcitable arousal circuits drive sleep instability during aging 2022 ·Science ·Shi‐Bin Li, Valentina Martínez Damonte, Chong Chen, Gordon Wang, Justus M. Kebschull, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, W Bian, Carolin Purmann, Reenal Pattni, Alexander E. Urban, Philippe Mourrain, Julie A. Kauer, Grégory Scherrer, Luı́s de Lecea	103
4	Maternal attachment insecurity, maltreatment history, and depressive symptoms are associated with broad DNA methylation signatures in infants 2022 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Thalia Robakis, (unknown), Lucy S. King, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Marcus Ho, Xianglong Zhang, Yuhao Chen, Tongbin Li, Natalie Rasgon, Kathleen Watson, Alexander E. Urban, Ian H. Gotlib	9
5	PRG2 and AQPEP are misexpressed in fetal membranes in placenta previa and percreta † 2021 ·Biology of Reproduction ·Elisa Zhang, Roberta L. Hannibal, (unknown), Janet Song, Kelly A. McGowan, Xiaowei Zhu, Gudrun Meinhardt, Martin Knöfler, Jürgen Pollheimer, Alexander E. Urban, Ann K. Folkins, Deirdre J. Lyell, Julie C. Baker	4
6	Increased activation product of complement 4 protein in plasma of individuals with schizophrenia 2021 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Agnieszka Kalinowski, Joanna Liliental, (unknown), (unknown), Collin Culbertson, (unknown), Reenal Pattni, Chiara Sabatti, Douglas L. Noordsy, Joachim Hallmayer, Elizabeth Mellins, Jacob S. Ballon, Ruth O’Hara, Douglas F. Levinson, Alexander E. Urban	15
7	Network Effects of the 15q13.3 Microdeletion on the Transcriptome and Epigenome in Human-Induced Neurons 2020 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Siming Zhang, Xianglong Zhang, Carolin Purmann, Shining Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Marcus Ho, Yi‐Ling Huang, Reenal Pattni, Wing Hung Wong, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Joachim Hallmayer, Alexander E. Urban	14
8	Complex mosaic structural variations in human fetal brains 2020 ·Genome Research ·Shobana Sekar, Livia Tomasini, Christos Proukakis, Taejeong Bae, L. Manlove, Yeongjun Jang, Soraya Scuderi, Bo Zhou, (unknown), Anahita Amiri, Jessica Mariani, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Alexander E. Urban, Flora M. Vaccarino, Alexej Abyzov	19
9	Haplotype-resolved and integrated genome analysis of the cancer cell line HepG2 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Bo Zhou, Steve S. Ho, Stephanie Greer, Noah Spies, John Bell, Xianglong Zhang, Xiaowei Zhu, Joseph G. Arthur, (unknown), Reenal Pattni, (unknown), Yi‐Ling Huang, Giltae Song, Dimitri Perrin, Wing Hung Wong, Hanlee P. Ji, Alexej Abyzov, Alexander E. Urban	41
10	Structural variation in the sequencing era breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Reviews Genetics ·Steve S. Ho, Alexander E. Urban, Ryan E. Mills	335
11	Ectomycorrhizal Colonisation in Declining Oak Stands on the Krotoszyn Plateau, Poland 2019 ·Forests ·(unknown), (unknown), Marcin Studnıckı, Justyna A. Nowakowska, Tomasz Oszako, Alexander E. Urban, Dorota Hilszczańska	20
12	Comprehensive, integrated, and phased whole-genome analysis of the primary ENCODE cell line K562 2019 ·Genome Research ·Bo Zhou, Steve S. Ho, Stephanie Greer, Xiaowei Zhu, John Bell, Joseph G. Arthur, Noah Spies, Xianglong Zhang, (unknown), Reenal Pattni, (unknown), Michael S. Haney, Rajini Haraksingh, Giltae Song, Hanlee P. Ji, Dimitri Perrin, Wing Hung Wong, Alexej Abyzov, Alexander E. Urban	60
13	Whole-genome sequencing analysis of CNV using low-coverage and paired-end strategies is efficient and outperforms array-based CNV analysis 2018 ·Journal of Medical Genetics ·Bo Zhou, Steve S. Ho, Xianglong Zhang, Reenal Pattni, Rajini Haraksingh, Alexander E. Urban	70
14	Different mutational rates and mechanisms in human cells at pregastrulation and neurogenesis 2017 ·Science ·Taejeong Bae, Livia Tomasini, Jessica Mariani, Bo Zhou, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Daniel Franjic, Mihovil Pletikos, Reenal Pattni, (unknown), Elisa Venturini, Bridget Riley‐Gillis, Nenad Šestan, Alexander E. Urban, Alexej Abyzov, Flora M. Vaccarino	169
15	Community profiling and gene expression of fungal assimilatory nitrate reductases in agricultural soil 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Markus Gorfer, (unknown), Sylvia Klaubauf, Alexander E. Urban, Erich Inselsbacher, (unknown), Birgit Mitter, Angela Sessitsch, Wolfgang Wanek, Joseph Strauss	64
16	CNVnator: An approach to discover, genotype, and characterize typical and atypical CNVs from family and population genome sequencing breakdown → 2011 ·Genome Research ·Alexej Abyzov, Alexander E. Urban, M Snyder, Mark Gerstein	1059
17	Variation in Transcription Factor Binding Among Humans 2010 ·Science ·Maya Kasowski, Fabian Grubert, Christopher Heffelfinger, Manoj Hariharan, (unknown), Sebastian M. Waszak, Lukas Habegger, Joel Rozowsky, Minyi Shi, Alexander E. Urban, Mi-Young Hong, Konrad J. Karczewski, Wolfgang Huber, Sherman M. Weissman, Mark Gerstein, Jan O. Korbel, M Snyder	423
18	Migration of bioavailable chemical forms of chromium from soil to medicinal plants. 2009 ·Fresenius environmental bulletin ·(unknown), Jerzy Kwapuliński, Alexander E. Urban, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
19	Incidence of Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) on hazelnut in south-east Poland. 2005 ·Folia Horticulturae ·(unknown), (unknown), Alexander E. Urban	9
20	Some sward characteristics of seminatural and overseeded pasture under continual grazing of heifers. 2000 ·V. Pavlů, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander E. Urban	1

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